Dish or plate.



A. LUST.

DISH 0R PLATE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 20, 1907.

922,495, Patented May 25, 1909.

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Witnesses.- 11W nt 1 Z Q g v I FFICE.

ALFRED LUST, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

man on PLATE.

' Application filed July 20,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it' known that I, ALFRED LUsT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Dishes or Plates, ofwliieh the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the production of a dish or plate for the service of-food, by means of which there will be a great simplification of service and economizing of space, a reduction of cost and great facility in cleaning, and a saving in breakage. v

By my invention I combine the functions of the ilurality of dishes ordinarily employed 'or serving meat or fish and vegetables in a single structure. By so doing I simplify the service, as one dish may be filled and carried instead of a plurality of dishes heretofore found necessary. The economy of s )acc is secured for the same reason, as is also the cheapness of construotion, the facilityin cleaning and the saving in breakage.

l attain the objects of my invention by the device illustrated in the accon'ipanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of a dish or plate embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

In all of the views like parts are designated by the same reference characters.

ln carrying out my invention 1 provide a dish or plate formed of crockery ware, oroelain, glass, metal or any other suitab e material made in one piece or in a plurality of pieces.

As shown in the plan views, the plate is best made in the (piati'efoil shape shown, and is provided with a raised rim 1. ()no large compartment 2 is provided for holding the meat or fish, and a plurality of smaller UOllllltLl'lIHUIllS S -3 for holding vegetables, sauces, etc. The large compartment 2 preferably extends from end to end across the length of the dish, as shown, so that its length is equal to the longest dimension of the dish. The dill'ei'ent compartments are .t'ormed. by thepartitions 4, which rise up from the bottom of the plate to a height a )proaching the height of the. rim 1. 1n l ig. 1 these partitions are shown connecting two of the cusps 5 on each side of the plate. A

shorter pai'tition divides thearc on each side Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 25. 1909 1907. Serial No. 384,761.

I of the dish in two small compartments, so that four small and one large compartment are provided. The'bottom of the large compartment 2 is best raised as shown in Fig. 2, so that the contents of the compartment are rendered more accessible. The bottom of the small corn artments 3 are best depressed as shown in ig. 2, so that the capacity of such compartments is increased. The clevation of the bottom of the compartment 2 is desirable, as the contents have to be carved or otherwise manipulated, which will render the compartment of the full depth less handy. The smaller compartments containing vegetables or sauoes require no such manipulation, and therefore may be of the full depth, resulting in increased capacity.

By employing the foliated shape, sharp corners with consequent breakage is 'reduced. The sides of the partitions 4 are preferably inclined, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4,

are avoided and cleansing is rendered easy.

toward the center, and the bottoms of the small compartments 33 incline outward toward the rim.

I Another advantage in making the smaller compartments 3 of greater depth than the larger compartment 2 is that by such greater depth the surface exposed to the air is reeompartments may be kept warmer than if they were. the same depth as the larger (30171 partinent.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes, 1 have described the principle of my invention, together with the apparatus which I now consider to represent the best embodiment thereof.

Having now described iiiy invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1 1. A dish of the shape of a quatrefoil of greater length than breadth and with a raised rim and straight dividing partitions, such partitions being parallel and extending dicular to and ednnecting a longitudinal partition and the rim of the dish.. p

2. A dish of the shape of a quatrcfoil of 'i'eater length than breadth and with a l raised rim and straight dividing partitions,

so that sharp corners in the compartments For the same reason the sides 1 are inclined duced, therefore the contents of the smallerlengthwise the dish, each partition joining two opposite cusps, and a partition pen two sf such par'titiens being yamllel and ex tending hangizhwima the 5311, each joining two opposiie UUSOS, mul cross pm'iaions conncc v ting the ion 1'; (H2133 pmtitions with the rim, leaving the cenmr 01": the dish uqxdivided.

3. A dish oi. the snapoi quake-foil, with raised rim and a-ight dividing pace-- itions, such straight dividing pmtifsions being pm'aliei, each partition joining two oppa site cusps spacifisa'tionsigned and witnessed *U'his 19:31 (my 0f July, 1907.

. ALFRED LUST. mac-sales:

LE NARD DYER, Jame L. Lezvsun. 

